Some Brazilian users reconnected with X on Wednesday despite the Supreme Court's recent nationwide ban, the result of the social network apparently changing the way its servers are accessed.
That rendered X effectively inaccessible in the country until Wednesday, with AP journalists among those who had access.
It acts as a proxy between users and X's servers, filtering traffic and preventing the original Internet Protocol (IP) address from being recognized, Diogenes told The Associated Press.
Former president Jair Bolsonaro celebrated the return of the social network.
Some Brazilian X users trumpeted the platform's return — with several addressing de Moraes directly, vowing that they weren't using a VPN.
Persons:
Alexandre de Moraes, X, Elon Musk, Pedro Diogenes, Diogenes, Anatel, de Moraes, Cloudflare didn't, Musk, hadn't, Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, Cloudflare, David Nemer, Nemer, Bluesky, De Moraes, Rafael Mafei, Mafei
Organizations:
Elon, CLM, Associated Press, AP, Nazi, University of Virginia, University of Sao, SpaceX
Locations:
Brazil, Charlottesville , Virginia, San Francisco , California, University of Sao Paulo